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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2013 12:09:30 GMT
Let's go for Aitken vs Somerville producing a surprise Lib Dem gain  Speaking of which, perhaps Jenny Dawe could be persuaded to go for the LibDem nomination? |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2013 16:35:20 GMT
So who is on the shortlist as things stand, then?  Cara Hilton, Lesley Laird and Fiona Yates. And as there is a by election in Cara Hilton's ward that day I think that would lessen her chances of being selected, so who has got the most buddies between Lesley Laird and Fiona Yates nee Eady, have to opt for the Eady's in this one. |
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Post by johnr on Sept 14, 2013 18:39:08 GMT
Confirmation from SEC meeting today in Glasgow that dunfermline will be all women shortlist. (Which was drawn up today), with hustings tomorrow.
Since the deadline for applications was Thursday 12th, how could there be a previous shortlist?
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Post by maxque on Sept 14, 2013 19:05:49 GMT
Confirmation from SEC meeting today in Glasgow that dunfermline will be all women shortlist. (Which was drawn up today), with hustings tomorrow. Since the deadline for applications was Thursday 12th, how could there be a previous shortlist? Because they already began a selection for 2016 election while the resignation happened? |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2013 19:38:46 GMT
Cara, tweeting for support, calls for more USDAW members in Holyrood.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2013 11:26:55 GMT
Labours candidates quote from the Herald.
All are from political families.
Hilton, 38, who works for Dunfermline's Labour MP Thomas Docherty, is the daughter of former Falkirk MSP Cathie Peattie. Yates, 43, is the daughter of Cowdenbeath MSP Helen Eadie. Her husband Gavin is also a Labour councillor, and her grandfather was a Labour MP.
FFS - absolutely no chance of an ordinary punter becoming a Labour MP these days, its not what you know or believe but who mummy or daddy is.
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Post by andrea on Sept 15, 2013 14:25:55 GMT
It is Cara Hilton for Labour
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2013 14:45:54 GMT
It is Cara Hilton for Labour Does that mean another by election in ward 4. |
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Post by johnr on Sept 15, 2013 14:54:35 GMT
Not necessarily, convention is that she would stand own at the next council election, and would not be eligible for the councillor allowances. Jayne Baxter, who succeeded John park on the list is also a Fife councillor.
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Post by andrea on Sept 15, 2013 14:55:03 GMT
It is Cara Hilton for Labour Does that mean another by election in ward 4. Jayne Baxter didn't resign from the council when she became a regional MSP though. |
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Post by johnr on Sept 15, 2013 14:55:59 GMT
Confirmation from SEC meeting today in Glasgow that dunfermline will be all women shortlist. (Which was drawn up today), with hustings tomorrow. Since the deadline for applications was Thursday 12th, how could there be a previous shortlist? Because they already began a selection for 2016 election while the resignation happened? No selections for 2016 have started yet. That will happen once the last of the Westminster seats have selected, some time in the new year. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2013 15:00:10 GMT
Labours candidates quote from the Herald. All are from political families. Hilton, 38, who works for Dunfermline's Labour MP Thomas Docherty, is the daughter of former Falkirk MSP Cathie Peattie. Yates, 43, is the daughter of Cowdenbeath MSP Helen Eadie. Her husband Gavin is also a Labour councillor, and her grandfather was a Labour MP. FFS - absolutely no chance of an ordinary punter becoming a Labour MP these days, its not what you know or believe but who mummy or daddy is. That is quite indicting isn't it? Although Scotland has always had more of a taste for the dynasty than other parts of the UK. |
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Post by East Anglian Lefty on Sept 15, 2013 16:23:27 GMT
Be fair. Caithness has only represented by the Thurso family for about eight generations.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2013 17:24:52 GMT
Look at the many Ewings, along with the various husband and wife teams. I suspect that much of Scottish politics, like Welsh politics, is very local and many families are well-known. Maybe even a throwback to the old clan system in some ways. I don't see a problem with families having a long history of public service, elected or otherwise.
Except the Fitzgerald-Kennedys - I have always struggled with the sense of entitlement that members of that vast family seem to carry with them. Unfair I suppose, but it does jar.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2013 7:59:18 GMT
Potential Green candidate is great, unfortunately she's unlikely to get the support needed to be heard.
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Post by andrea on Sept 16, 2013 22:35:28 GMT
Shirley-Anne Somerville confirmed as SNP candidate
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2013 22:44:49 GMT
Shirley-Anne Somerville confirmed as SNP candidate probaly the best bet for the SNP. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2013 18:36:37 GMT
Three Selections so far, two female Fife Councillors and one Fife Resident. All we need now is for the Conservatives to pick Dorothea Morrison
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Post by marksenior on Sept 18, 2013 20:07:18 GMT
Some sources including his own tweets are saying that James Reekie is the Conservative candidate
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Post by marksenior on Sept 18, 2013 20:29:51 GMT
Three Selections so far, two female Fife Councillors and one Fife Resident. All we need now is for the Conservatives to pick Dorothea Morrison James Rennie was picked a while back he will be the Conservative candidate. Rennie |
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